#BBB7AB#BBB7AB

#BBB7AB is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.017 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BBB7AB
RGB	rgb(187, 183, 171)
HSL	hsl(45, 11%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(45, 9%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.1%, 8.6%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -0.72, 6.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 6.64, 96.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0005 0.0173)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.017 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.7768, 47.3724, 45.3051)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BBB7AB #ABAFBB

analogous

#BBAFAB #BBB7AB #B7BBAB

triadic

#BBB7AB #ABBBB7 #B7ABBB

tetradic

#BBB7AB #ABBBAF #ABAFBB #BBABB7

square

#BBB7AB #ABBBAF #ABAFBB #BBABB7

split-complementary

#BBB7AB #ABB7BB #AFABBB

monochromatic

#827C69 #A09A89 #BBB7AB #D6D4CD #F1F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#BBB7AB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#BBB7AB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BBB7AB

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BBB7AB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BBB7AB	1.00	2.00	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAB6AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBB8AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BEB5B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bbb7ab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 183, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.017 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cfccc4',
    500: '#bbb7ab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bbb7ab;
$custom-light: #cfccc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bbb7ab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 70.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77931,
    "c": 0.0173,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BBB7AB

secondary

#DFE0E3

accent

#629551

background

#FCFCFC

surface

#F9F8F8

border

#D2D1D1

text

#131312

muted

#828281

Preview Lab

Preview with #BBB7AB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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